nanoengineer/references/skills.md

Competences — nanoengineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/949ed945-f697-415e-b4c5-51d8abf7cfdf).

Essential

• adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
• analytical chemistry (knowledge)
• apply health and safety standards (skill/competence)
• approve engineering design (skill/competence)
• assess environmental impact (skill/competence)
• biology (knowledge)
• chemistry (knowledge)
• computational chemistry (knowledge)
• computer simulation (knowledge)
• engineering principles (knowledge)
• engineering processes (knowledge)
• examine engineering principles (skill/competence)
• forecast organisational risks (skill/competence)
• materials engineering (knowledge)
• nanomaterials (knowledge)
• nanotechnology (knowledge)
• perform chemical experiments (skill/competence)
• perform scientific research (skill/competence)
• quantum technology (knowledge)
• spectroscopy (knowledge)
• test chemical samples (skill/competence)
• work with chemicals (skill/competence)

Optional

• analyse test data (skill/competence)
• computational mechanics (knowledge)
• computer engineering (knowledge)
• continuum mechanics (knowledge)
• design optical systems (skill/competence)
• design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems (skill/competence)
• design principles (knowledge)
• design prototypes (skill/competence)
• develop chemical products (skill/competence)
• develop components separation processes (skill/competence)
• develop pharmaceutical drugs (skill/competence)
• draft design specifications (skill/competence)
• electrical engineering (knowledge)
• green chemistry (knowledge)
• improve chemical processes (skill/competence)
• industrial research and development (knowledge)
• integrate new products in manufacturing (skill/competence)
• life sciences (knowledge)
• manage chemical testing procedures (skill/competence)
• mathematical modelling (knowledge)
• mechanics (knowledge)
• microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
• optical engineering (knowledge)
• pharmaceutical chemistry (knowledge)
• pharmaceutical drug development (knowledge)
• pharmaceutical technology (knowledge)
• physics (knowledge)
• quantum computing (knowledge)
• record test data (skill/competence)
• scientific literature (knowledge)
• solid mechanics (knowledge)
• use CAD software (skill/competence)
• use chemical analysis equipment (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 6 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

• thin film deposition — 50 %
• equipment maintenance — 33 %
• etching — 33 %
• process integration — 33 %
• photolithography — 17 %
• plasma etching — 17 %
• problem-solving — 17 %
• process documentation — 17 %
• process flow development — 17 %
• self-assembly — 17 %
• semiconductor fabrication — 17 %
• spin coating — 17 %
• liftoff — 17 %
• hazardous chemical handling — 17 %
• microdevice fabrication — 17 %
• microfabrication — 17 %
• nanotechnology — 17 %
• fluorescence spectroscopy — 17 %
• equipment repair — 17 %
• device prototyping — 17 %
• dna nanotechnology — 17 %
• dry etching — 17 %
• advanced imaging — 17 %
• analytical skills — 17 %
• biomaterials science — 17 %
• cleanroom operation — 17 %
• computational modelling — 17 %
• data analysis — 17 %
• data characterization — 17 %
• data maintenance — 17 %
• data preparation — 17 %
• data recording — 17 %
• thermal processing — 17 %
• nanodevice fabrication — 17 %
• nanofabrication — 17 %
• supramolecular chemistry — 17 %
• thin-film process development — 17 %
• wet development — 17 %

Methods

• conference presentations — 17 %
• cleanroom protocols — 17 %
• cleanroom fabrication — 17 %
• compressed gas handling — 17 %
• non-academic research — 17 %
• microfabrication — 17 %
• microfabrication technologies — 17 %
• literature reviews — 17 %

Responsibilities

• equipment supervision — 33 %
• process quality assurance — 33 %
• collaboration — 33 %
• training material preparation — 33 %
• user instruction — 33 %
• system maintenance — 17 %
• nanofabrication process execution — 17 %
• testing devices — 17 %
• thin film process development — 17 %
• collaboration with SMEs — 17 %
• designing devices — 17 %
• device fabrication — 17 %
• dissemination of research outcomes — 17 %
• documentation — 17 %
• equipment repair — 17 %
• equipment operation — 17 %
• grant development — 17 %
• experiment execution — 17 %
• fabricating prototypes — 17 %
• process support — 17 %
• project delivery — 17 %
• student supervision — 17 %
• remote user support — 17 %
• research contribution — 17 %
• research design — 17 %
• material characterization — 17 %
• hazardous chemical handling — 17 %
• operational issue documentation — 17 %